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Location:

Tucson,AZ,USA

Member Since:

Aug 30, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

PR's

5K: 21:26 (2005)

4 mile: 28:10 (2005)

10K: 43:33 (2010)

10 mile: 1:13:35 (2009) (1:12:15 split in 1/2 marathon, 2011)

1/2 marathon: 1:34:31 (2011)

marathon: 3:19:15 (2013)

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

3:20 marathon - Eugene Marathon, April 28, 2013 (can I say I really want a sub 3:20? but I will be happy with 3:20-3:23) -- whoohoo!

Some good intermediate races 15K - 1/2 marathon, to gauge my fitness level (done this, hit a 1:34:35 1/2 marathon in March 2013, on a hilly course)

Going after my 10 mile PR in Fall 2013

Maybe some good 10K races after the infernal Arizona summer is over! 




Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to be one of those runners who is still running in their 80s (or 90s?).  You know the ones, who look all grisley and fit?  That is what I would like!  Until then, I just want to work hard and be as fast as I can, for as long as I can.


Personal:

50 year old, trying to defy gravity and time

Used to be faculty at the University of Arizona (biostatistics).  Currently manager of the statistics and data management group for companion diagnostics (biomarkers) at Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Roche diagnostics).  We evaluate protein biomarkers that can be used to direct drug therapy that would be most effective based on individual characteristics (personalized medicine).

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All those promises I made, about being a better blogger, pffft away. I, as usual, have great excuses... But none of them change the fact that I have been a neglectful blogger.  Although the good news is that I am running!  I will come clean with a new "challenge" in my life, and actually, in some respects it is hitting me harder than my breast cancer did.  I have an autoimmune arthritis.  It is in the same family of arthritis as Michelle Lowery and Paul Petersons ... And, here the kicker (for me) it is degerative, meaning it is going to get worse over time.  And, running is not good for it (though I am currently ignoring this part of it).  I have been running with a bunch of pain for  a little over 4 months, and it is likely I will continue to run, until I can't.  It has been around for a while, but got severe after my marathon (physical stress likely contributed to the autoimmune response).  Anyway ... I am sure my way too stressful job doesn't help either, and I definitely need to work on this part.  Arrrggg!  I am on a heavy dose of celebrex, and soon likely some other drug to slow the joint damage down, and I am already feeling better. So, yippee!

 

AM: 9 miles

PM: no run, wanted to, but couldn't, for a variety of reasons.

Comments
From allie on Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 09:02:30 from 161.38.221.168

shoot. shoot. shoot. i'm so sorry to hear this, bonnie. just really tough news.

i was catching up with your blog and i would have never guessed you were going through anything like this. you never let anything get you down, and it sounds like you are finding a way to work through the challenge and focus on the positive.

sending you a big hug...

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